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Letters .Patent No. 75,441, dated 1 /[arch 10, 1868.

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TO ALL WIIOM AIT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, JAMES-$W- MAXEY, of-Plymouth, in they county ot Marshall, and in the State of Indiana, hure invented certain new und useful Improvements in sawing-Machines; and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clemgrand exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

'In theannoxed drawings, making part of Vthis specification, A represents the frame ot' thcvmachine, which is made of wood, of any suitable size and strengthto 'withstand the vibrations of a drag or circular saw. Within, and lying in proper bearings across a portion ot' this frame, is a short shaft, B, which is provided at one end with a gear-wheel, D, und at the other Awith a plain plate-wheel or crank, R. To the sides, and nea-r the peripheries of these two wheels, .are pivoted the pitmen E E. The upper ends of 'these pitmen are pivted to the short ends of the levers E F. These levers have their fulcra. upon a cross-bar vat the top of the frame. C represents a shaft which lies across the frame, with its ends projecting on each side, and upon these ends are secured'the balance-wheels I I.V This shaft Cds provided-with a small gear-wheel, Gr, which gears into the wheel D, and also with a drum, H, around which passes a band, P, said band passing to and around a drum upon the shaft of the circularsaw O, serving to give motionrto it. To one of the arms of the wheel I. is connected one end of a pitman, J, the other end of said pitman being connected t'a slide which plays between the ways' K K. L represents a curved bar which has one of its ends connectedto the slide by the same pivotwhich connects the end of pitman J; and to the other end of said bar is secured a drag-saw, M. The bar L, turning upon its pivot, which connects it to the slide, enables the saw to be placed at any angle desirable for sawing. A table, N, is provided for the circular saw, which may be constructed in any of the usual styles, and which slides upon ways upon top of the frame.

Thismachine is set and continued in motion by alternately raising and lowering the outerends of the levers F, which said levers communicate motion to the wheels D and R through their pitmen E E, the wheel D giving motion to shaftC, and through its pitman and drum to the two saws'. This machine can he run by hand or power, but is intended as a hand-machine.

This machine can be used for other purposes thar sawing, as the power obtainedl by this arrangement can readily be applied by disconnecting the saws and connecting whatever maybe desirable, and to which either a reciprocating-,or rotary motion may be given.

I am awa-re that velocipedes and hand-cars are propelled by means of levers, cranks, shafts, and wheels. Such invention I do not; claim.

Having thus fully'described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

Thc hand-levers F F, operating alternately, and connected to wheels D and R by pitmen E E, and combined with shaft B, wheel G, shaft C, drums H, and balance-wheels I I, when constructed toiopcrate substantially as described. l Y

In testimony that I claim the foregoing, I have hereunto set my hand, this 17th day of July, 1867.

' JAMES W. MAXEY.

Witnesses:I

W. J. BENNEa, NATHAN MAXEY. 

